B-265951: Jan 22, 1996

A firm protested a Defense Electronics Supply Center (DESC) contract award for shaft angle encoders, contending that DESC improperly: (1) determined that its alternate product was unacceptable; and (2) rejected its bid. GAO held that DESC properly rejected the protester's bid, since the protester failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that its product was equivalent to the specified...

B-265951: Jan 22, 1996

Agency properly rejected an offer of an alternate part to the one specified in the solicitation where the offeror did not provide technical data required by the solicitation to demonstrate that the alternate part was equivalent to the specified one. The RFP also advised that the government did not have drawings. The only information Centroid provided with its offer was a copy of a Westinghouse dra...